OnespotTM Allergy Blog is written by Elizabeth Goldenberg, Canada's best known Allergy Expert & Lawyer. She’s the founder of Onespot Allergy, the co-founder and co-owner of EpiCenter Medical known for its online anaphylaxis first aid course and Epi-Kits to hang epinephrine on the wall like a defibrillator, and mother to two sons, one of whom has a life-threatening allergy to peanuts and tree nuts.

Legal And Policy Issues

The CBC reports on the show As It Happens that the city of Mayo, Yukon has a “super fun” annual peanut drop to celebrate Canada Day (which was yesterday). I listened to the interview which you can listen by clicking here, and the organizer explained that local children used to be given discounted helicopter rides […]

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Natalie Giorgi, age 13, was in the campground lodge at Camp Sacramento on her final night of camping with her family. The snacks served included a creamy covered Rice Krispie snack. She took a bite and a family friend reported, “She immediately knew that it wasn’t right, spit it out and went to tell her […]

Implementation details and funding for the Stock Epinephrine Auto-Injector Pilot Project (SEAPP) were approved yesterday by the City of Hamilton’s board of health. Today, City Council is expected to ratify the pilot project which will place emergency epinephrine (EpiPens) in the Jackson Square Mall and Eastgate Mall food courts by June of 2014. I commend […]

Earlier this month the Centre de l’Enfant Aux 4 vents, an Ottawa daycare, came under fire for its strict policy about not allowing outside food to be brought into the Center. Like each of the two daycare centers my sons attended, the Center made all the meals and snacks on site. Parents sign a contract acknowledging that […]

I’ve often heard people state that restricting peanuts in schools creates a “false sense of security”. The discussion normally doesn’t go much deeper than parroting that statement, but it’s a highly prevalent statement, so I decided to look into its origin. The phrase “false sense of security” in relation to peanut allergen in schools originated […]

This position statement is an excellent resource that I’ve referred to time after time, year after year. It’s titled “Anaphylaxis In Schools and Other Child Care Settings”, and it was written by Dr. Milton Gold, Dr. Gordon Sussman, Dr. Michael Loubser, and Dr. Karen Binkley. Among the contributing authors are Dr. Eric Leith, Dr. Hugh Sampson, […]

I’ve been contemplating the issue of students self carrying asthma reliever puffers and the tragic death of Ryan Gibbons, age 12, from an asthma attack last year at a Thames Valley District School Board school in Straffordville, Ontario. Ryan’s mother, Sandra Gibbons, describes her son as comical, playful, compassionate, helpful, one who would always befriend […]

I am thrilled that Living Without magazine has a 9 page center spread titled “All About Epinephrine” in its December/January 2014 edition, which you can read by clicking on the cover image to the left. Written by Wendy Mondello, the article includes comments from: Chris Weiss, CEO of FARE Carolyn Duff, RN, President of the […]

In May of 2012, I advised that a tv commercial launched by Mylan was misleading and dangerous. It was the Max’s Birthday Party campaign, which caused serious concern within the allergic community. The script read: Mom: So you’re excited for Max’s birthday party? It should be pretty awesome. Son: Yeah! Mom: Even with your […]